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Recognised as Colour

#DCC98A

  • #DCC98A
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Nearest: Burlywood

#DCC98A is a yellow with RGB values 220, 201, 138 and HSL 46°, 54%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Burlywood.

Colour values

#DCC98A#DCC98A
HEX#DCC98A
RGBrgb(220, 201, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.7882, 0.5412
RGB percentages86.3%, 78.8%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(46.1, 53.9%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(46.1, 37.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 8.6%, 37.3%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,469,514
CSS custom property--colour: #DCC98A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.76:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#233675

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6C686no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBCC8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#E8C0B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Burlywood · ΔE 11Dark khaki · ΔE 11.5Pale goldenrod · ΔE 11.5Navajo white · ΔE 12.6Wheat · ΔE 13.4Tan · ΔE 13.5
Nearest named CSS colourBurlywood (#DEB887)ΔE 10.97, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8A9DDC
Analogous#DCA08A, #C6DC8A
Triadic#8ADCC9, #C98ADC
Split complementary#8AC6DC, #A08ADC
Tetradic#8ADCA0, #8A9DDC, #DC8AC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3EDD9
Lighter +10%#E8DBB1
Darker −10%#D0B763
Darker −20%#C5A53B
Darker −30%#9E842F
Darker −40%#776323
More saturated +25%#EFD377
Less saturated −25%#C9BF9D

Channel breakdown

R220
G201
B138
Red220 (86.3%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue46.1°
Saturation (HSL)53.95%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G C9 · B 8A

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